> in what situations one would actually use the mathematics in production systems or in a mathematical analysis. There are a few replies on this thread that all

> in what situations one would actually use the mathematics in production systems or in a mathematical analysis. There are a few replies on this thread that alluded to some applications. I never worked directly with this, but auctions, resource allocation, etc. all use the mathematical tools from Game Theory. Corporate strategy is too complex and nuanced to build hard mathematical models, so you need higher-level abstractions.